Poll: Should old pines in Tamahere Reserve be left for the bats?
Bat and people priorities are being put to the test in the Tamahere Reserve.
Waikato District Council closed the reserve in late March, saying several pine trees posed a risk to the public.
DOC has previously declined applications from the council to fell pines in the reserve, because it would "kill or destroy the habitat of long-tailed bats".
Tamahere-Mangaone Restoration Trust volunteers have spent hours restoring the site, and say DOC won't let them fell mature pines to replace them with native trees.
"Yes, bats have been found foraging in the reserve, but no one can prove bats have lived here recently," trust member Bill Hodgson said.
And nearby resident John Simmons says about 30 trees are leaning perilously over Tauwhare Road.
Read more here and here.
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42.9% Yes, protect the native long-tailed bats.
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57.1% No, get rid of the trees if they're a risk.
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0% I don't mind either way.
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Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
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